The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 6, 1939, Page 1

ee Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Associated Press Day Wire Service é For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Key West Still'Has Good ~ Chance ForSecuring New Naval Airbase For Florida VOLUME LX. No. 31. ans To Build Deeké:: At Wilson’Key Gliannelt: ens 3 ee DISCUSS AGE ELIGIBILITY: Engineer’s Office By| FOR RETIREMENT ANNU.| Whale Harbor Trading! | ~~ _| ‘TY: TAKEN FOR TOUR OF | irs Hearing Application Filed With SCHOONER OUT | SILL ISISLA Cannon Plans Something At Least For Island City In Connection With De- fense Program Principal point of discussion at! the convention of the Florida’ Chapter of the National Mail’ | |Carriers Association held in Key? | West at the High School Audi-' 'CATCH TWO SAILS | FOR SIX MONTHS ~~" iw weexenp Trips |torium yesterday afternoon was; fou following optional retirement aft- | BROUG H | six feet eight inches long, was er 30 years of age for retirement} i | brought in by Henry S. Sly- annuity, § THREE ALIENS IMPROPERLY | field of Grosse Point, Michi- Application has been received by the United States Engineer's office in Jacksonville from the, Whale Harbor Trading Com- pany, Walter A. Starck, presi- i j dent, for permission to construct | — j } A forty-four pound sailfish, a timber wharf at Wilson Key . | Thé present retirement annuity ; is $1,200 a'year. Discussion was. N: naval affairs | | | REGISTERED; BOAT NEEDS gan, Saturday ‘while fishing in Captain Paul “Demerilt’s Dac. Mrs. Slyfield accom- (By Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 6. | renaesitig ‘the ‘possible age eligh | aval huddle at Washington, D:.G; REQUIRED EQUIPMENT: | panied Mr. siyteld. Both [in members of the Florida: Pearing at which problems of national defense were con- SKIPPER ANGRY as pte, and thelr, wines rt2 sidéred includes Admiral Arthur Cook, (left) chief of | ete ee i First sailfish in the new Captain William Tompkins of! cruiser recently acquired by | Portland, Oregon, and master of | Mr. and Mrs. Bertram C. the 42 foot auxiliary ‘schooner,| Hopeman of Watesboro, Vir- “Sacramouche” which is berthed | psrvlag or eoadi vs eel Ls Coast Guard Vessel; 43 pounder, six-foot six inch- ) 185 at the Naval Station is neat es long. The cabin cruiser a is named ihe Ailenroc. Mr. Channel. The wharf, according to the specifications received at The Citizen office, will be 10 feet} wide and 110 feet long, its chan-| nel ward lace being 75 feet from| the shore line. The approach | pier will be eight feet wide, lo-} cated at the center of the wharf, | and 75 feet southerly of the! Southerly Right of Way of State! Highway 4-A. | It is not proposed to hold any! public hearing on the applica-; —As representatives favoring. es- | present atthe meeting. Presi- naval aeronautics and Rep. Ralph Church, Illinois, Re- |tablishment of a naval airbase at s, dent Gainor of the Chapter ad-' publican. BOO TO YOU. exclaims | dressed the group. Local mem-! EES, 5: Ee ovr MEMBERS LEAVE YACHTS IN PORT Sestriere, Italian Alps. | | Miami completed their testimony before ihe House Naval Affairs Committee, it was learned here alongside today that the committee is dis | tour of the city was arranged for; |the visitors and in the afternoon! the convention was held. Mem-! \SPENT TWO DAYS VISITING IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS | ISLAND CITY; LEFT | i SATURDAY i | i { ‘satisfied wiih the Hepburn a hornet this morning. } | bers left following the afternoon port, which recommended Jack | session for their Florida homes. Sloppingeancoasts, guards boats sonville ac the prime site and in MEN MAKE CALL AT SUBMARINE BASE tends ordering a new survey. In such a renewed investig tion, proponents of reopening - | Naval Station at Key West should find considerabl if not of likelihood of g fa naval mendation in of Key as the outheastern i at least of mature consideration of the south promise, main promise more Joe Lopez, completing his 36) {holes of play yesterday in the! ito feel is Said o fee terday, Joe Lopez took first place Hopeman caught the largest HAS NET OF 144; HARRIS! DUNCANS YET hirt, b f the Three f hi es with or its effect on navigation, | | _ Trirty members of the Three, Two vessels, which arrived) harbor. Arriving here he was! 4 a ‘ ‘ers included Mayor T. W. Pres-,6e!¢ a which made he! ica, were improperly registered | OF MONRGE COUNTY aP-| “lorida city. with the Lighthouse service in| #94 Bill Fripp fell behind with a his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest | 15; J. J. Cooper, 75; W. W. Wat- | tying with H. Teagle. Dr. Kemp civil engineering aide examina-! ,, Other scores were B. L. Grooms, tend night classes of the univer- near Tortugas to ask for a few| &nd Smallest sail last year at jloaves of bread, Captain Tomp-; ‘He Casa kins se he w ask if he| kins said he was asked i SIIISISI IDS Ss | ; i sitiedl MAKE REPORT should submit their protest in NEXT WITH 146; LOPEZ AND| | ope ands tenn Cin ioe Cleo aay a oes Ate ae told to berth at the Coast Guard ; SiS ss ; ‘ i 'who arrived in Key West Thurs- were visite y officers of the i & i Tit doginees at icckoonviie,| EAGLE TIE FOR: BLIND) SAID, HOWEVER: THEY WERE ec stopped at the Overseas2eumigration and Customs forces: ag little of the reaulation equip: | Fla. BOGEY LEAD | 20 MILES AWAY FROM Hotel, left Saturday after at their berths in the submarine ment required on vessels of the No word has been received at/ to, 6f Bristol, Tenn.-Va.; W. R. “pened through the ay Ve hee are classed as aliens. “The committee ee “ping ‘at« various. . ports . enroute. Key West and for the past. two| 148: Eddie Strunk’s 70 leads the years employed with the Federal) *. es Gomeneent a Washington, p.| their first 18 holes yesterday. C., has enrolled for the second |, Omer scores for 18 holes fol- Roberts, 1229 Whitehead street. | Kins, 76. He began studying engineering while employed in the lighthouse service, and on October 15, 1938, prey | 78; R. Knowles, 78; M. E. Russell, The George Washington Uni- a z: arin eS Baker, versity is on the approved list of| 39° Mi w Wollnen 7e.'Ma oe the Association of Americanj 2: M- E. Wallace, 78; Mrs. H. H. sities in the capitol. Mr. Roberts was at one time in the Department of Justice but is now with the United States ‘DUVAL STREET | PROPERTY SO tion, and anyone desiring to pro-: | wanted a tow into Key West,; test this construction from the! which he readily assented to; G r a ‘ ; a } i x : ; base at the Naval Station. type he has, ant that f et ASSISTANCE QUAKE DISASTER AREA| | much-enjoyed visit. | ‘The larger of the vessels is the |Lers of the crew picked up. in| ‘ i A. G. ROBERTS —- | the field with a 144. ; : Dr. W. P. Kemp, 72; John semester at the George Washing- | af * ada? ton University School of Mechan, | Pinder, 76: P. Mesa, 76; A. Sands, jg was second with a 77, H. Dolan the progress he had made in his; : . studies had fitted him for the ac-| 274 John Pinder were knotted Universities, the standard ac- Dolan, 76, and H. H. Dolan, 70. crediting body in the U. S. Thou- Public Health Service. t NEW ARRIVAL IN | ' { | GOLF LEAD NO WORD FROM standpoint of its interference since he had no charts of the; | Another group from Fort My- Yacht Scaramouche from Los An- foreign ports of Central Amer-' SHOWN THAT 576 RESIDENTS Albert G. Roberts, formelly | Curry Harris is next with 146 ical Engineering, he has written! 78; C. Ketchum, 80; H. O’Bryant, ceptance requirement for the a sands of government employes at- AQUILINO LOPEZ BUYS IS- LAND CITY BANK PROPERTY Island City Bank property was sold this morning in front of the Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Warren announce the birth of an eight- pound son born 11:15 o’clock last night at the home, 408 Virginia street. Mother and son are doing nicely. amounts to a total The new arrival has been given: mately $10,000. the name of Randall Edward Harris, special master. {was Aquilino Lopez, and the bid of approxi- !County Court House by W. C.! } The purcheser of the property | | was $6,000 and interest, which} Artman Trophy handicap tourna- | Ke, We ; th ini 2 ‘y West relative to the where-| /nilenit ofthe Key West Club, leads! abouts of B. M. Duncan, chief! jengineer of the Overseas Road jand Toll Bridge Commission, ‘and Mrs. Duncan who were known to be in Chile at the time 1/ field among those who completed'of the disastrous earthquake, Mariana Stone; Dr. Bachman, jand reported to have booked passage on the Steamer Santa Clara, but did not sail on the ship, according to advices re- ceived by H. E. Day, auditor for the commission. ! However in. Miami, yesterday, In the blind bogey match yes-'Norman Armour, United States | SPouP- Ambassador to Chile, said that the Duncans were 20 miles or more south of the area affected by the earthquake, when the terrible disaster came. Mr. Ar- mour said he believed the Dun- cans were returning to Santiago when he left for Washington. He had some friends travelling with Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, and ; believes there is no doubt of ‘their having escaped the devasta- j tion caused by the earthquake. | Mr. Duncan was delegate to {the Pan American Highway Congress, under appointment from President Roosevelt, ani jWas expected to return with | Mrs. ican early this month. | (MACKEREL FLEET PREPARES TODA ‘MOONLIGHT TIME FOR BEST CATCHES FROM KEY VACAS BASE jkerel fleet, based at Key Vacas, {is preparing for fishing with the Stone,.of Stone Lumber Company. jand owner of General Shelby | Hotel; Mrs. W. R. Stone, member ‘that port and it was so shown on j of State Board of Education; Miss'!er papers. ' A caller on the yacht Saturday was Charles W. Salter, assistant collector of customs at Los An- geles, a great friend of the own- %, William Tompkins, who was {The last port was Blue Fields, Nicaragua, she was cleared from | noted surgeon; W. H. Scates and |S. W. Mitchell. These ‘ere list- ed as members of the Three Scor jand Ten Club in Saturday’s Citi-| /zen. They were not in this group jand were visiting .in their own: P. J. Galvin, of the customs serv- ice, who was visiting from Mi- ami. The other yacht is the 18K406, | which arrived from the Isle of Pines, with the owner, Orford Winan, on board. S. S. CUBA HAS ‘STALL ON HUNT _ FOR NEGRO BOY MANY ARTICLES IN THIS CITY | | VESSEL ARRIVES THIS MORN- ING FROM TAMPA EN- | MLARVED TO HAVE STOLEN 277 P ASSENGERS No sign of Albert Haverly, 14 appily received, in company with} |.-Tompkins claims, that he . has| PLIED FOR BENEFITS ,come, through a hurricane and a} ‘cyclone in which most of his; TO END OF 1938 ‘eqdipmheént’ was blown away, in-! cluding a lifeboat, and that he! thought ‘the foreign registry he} had “for his crew was proper at} JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 6— eae menace eon Ot POS" | During the 18-month period from! leans; Juan Pichis of Greece and|July 1, 1937, when the State Wel- | K. LeBaris of Greece were} fare Board was inducted into of- jpicked up in Champanica,| fice, to December 21. i938, the; Guatemala and in Christobal, | ona of the last calendar year, 576 Canal Zone. Previously he has}|~ manned the boat alone leaving | Tesidents of Monroe county ap- from Long Island, California. _|Plied for Old Age Assistance, it The hurricane he —passed| Was announced here from state through was a 75 mile an hour!headquarters of the board. On one encountered off Mexico and | January 1, 1939, there were 73 ap- the cyclone struck in the Gulf of! plications pending. Tchanntopec 500 miles at sea.: The statistics show that dur- The trip thus far has taken six ing the first fiscal year, ending months. From Key West Tomp-'!June 30; 1938, 534 applications kins will go to Miami to pick up were received, this number be- others of a crew and continue a ing supplemented by an addition- round the world cruise. al 42 applications the succeeding The Scaramouche finished six months. second in the Los Angeles to: In the tenth welfare district 2,- Honolulu 2,225 mile .race «last 830 applications were received, (Special to-The Citizen) jurged J | defe “YPPHiat the Hepburr-repurt, Wisich the airbase, supported Miami mos: strategic site for but s; more easily nded, is of testimony b; in favor of other f Georgia Makes Bid an Vinson, of « to see the t jocated State, and Bru ick madé a good showing in brief filed With the committce. read irito the record by V Other’ militafy expert are sa here that a | cated within a natural further north on th coast uld be preferat on the 1 ed F Z that there should Army inlar South Georgia, bases Cha would Georgia, harbor uantic to otect comparativ base would be tion points, v all times v ami, Key West o1 year old negro boy who is want-! ed by officers on several charges, , Was seen last night by Deputy Sheriff Ray Elwood, who spent ROUTE TO HAVANA There were 277 passengers sail- ‘year in 29% days just two, hours’ during the 18 mont behind the leading boat. eaee ¢ with 470 applications pendiig of Janu- ary 1, 1939. A December, 1938; case load c. ida point where ¢ ties would be maintained Has Key West In Mind Meanwhile, Repres« | Thompson Fish Company mac- | several hours in an effort to ing from Key West this morning |round up this boy, who accord-: on the Steamship Cuba of the P. ing to all reports, is an accom-|and O. S. S. Company for Ha- | plished thief. |vana. Of this number 171 first | Suspected of several bicycle cabin and three second cabin |thefts, a sharp lookout has been’ passengers arrived from Tampa | Kept for him and last night’ this morning. |Deputy Elwood went to every; When the ship arrived this |place suspected, but failed to morning just before 10 o'clock |find him, but did recover a tent’ from Tampa and St. Pctersburg which had been stolen from Ray | there were 15 first cabin Passen- ‘eae and used by serra as @' gers on the vessel for Key West |hide out, and returned it to the and all others were booked for a aneecis which was found by) ee |Richard Moreno and turned over Peas wet Loader ie ito the sheriff's office, is thought | -hottland, ec Avs Mee ; G. Mrs. yeh TEMPERATURES 34,130, with 8,489, applications sone ©¢6¢q98e460b¢ | pending is an indication of the po- = “Lowest Highest _ tential case load. ; Station— last night last 24 hours, There were 8,416 applications Abilene 42 64 pending in the state on June 30, Atlanta 44 52 '1937, and 10,912 persons were Boston i. 24 32 then enrolled. During the ad- Buffalo 34 38 ministration of the preseat board! Charleston 58 66 42,049 applications have been re-, Chicago 34 38 ceived, 27,082 of which were ap- Denver _.. 20 |proved and 14,324 rejected, with Detroit 34 8,159 pending as of December 31,} Galveston 5B 1938. The total number of appli- Havana 68 cations subject to investigation Huron 3 i by district welfare board visitors Jacksonville 64 was 50,465. Removals from the Kansas City _ 38 rolls by death, transfer or sus- Cannon, without his definite idea has someth West in connection h Pt armament and defense program in event Key West is passed up as an air base site He has given the committe data in favor of the southernmost city of the United States, but no representati of the area hav appeared ec, ¢ aid though he asked certain ficials to make the trip to testi fy before the committee. Canno: has been working and nig) th the mi delegation which local of Warren. Ga ISIOTa ees mks 4 {to have been stolen by Haverly, oe moonlight af fi Past and was found in the tent. The week or so especially favorable |hicycle, blue and white Peerless, Yardwell, W. Smith, Mrs. Smith, W. Smith, Jr., Nathan Stephens, KEY WEST _ 74 | Little Rock _ 46 46 pension numbered 4,764. 1as been here since last week However, in view of the com DAUGHTER BORN 28-74, nese TO SWINTONS! rane infin | at the Detroit Show was won | by the Vagabondia, owned by Glen Steward ‘of Miami Beach, which travels at 2342 miles per hour and is at the Yatht Basin today. In the party also is C. War- ren Stork. A. W. Long is captain. The Vagabondia al- so won the first prize in the Fishing Tournament staged at Miami recently for the | best looking boat. In the Vagabondia are new General Motors Diesels, re- cently designed by Charles CHILI aI @L#£ 4A Announcement has been made of the birth of a daughter, weigh- ing nine pounds, to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P. Swinton at the home, 319 Grinnell street, on Sunday. | The new arrival has been given! the name of Barbara Ann. | Ahern Funeral Home Joseph L. Plummer Vice-President | AMBULANCE SERVICE | Phone 22211 Fla. EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES--$10 A i tp catches. br : Mackerel are spotted at night by means of phosphorescent | glows from their tracks. They are caught in nets. zen today that the turtle schoon- er from Grand Cayman should almost certainly be in within the |next three days. It will bring {300 turtle from Nicaragua. King fishermen, who have been out the past few days, report small catches. Maitland Adams told The citi-| \has -some of smaller parts | Mrs. Stephens, H. W. Pointer, changed, but is in good condition , Mrs. Pointer, Mrs. C. Price, Ray land.ean be had by the owner. |O- Davis and L. Richardson. | Chief Deputy Waite said that; Shown on the vessel’s manifest it is believed that the markers were the following items: stolen from the graves of Men some time ago, which were! mobile, four sacks of mail; for later recovered in part, formed’ Havana, six tons of freight and a part of the loot of Haverly,! 451 sacks of. mail. e and there has also developed | S.S. Cuba sailed shortly after the belief that the boy is heing | noon with 100 first cabin passen- shielded by older folks who af-' gers and three second cabin pas- ford him a haven to hide when the|sengres and seven automobiles officers are close on his trail. | booked at Key West. LEFT YESTERDAY ————— ILA | = C. W. Hanson, District Coun- Regular Monthly Meeting cilor of Carpneter’s Union of} AFL, who was in Key West with) Mrs. Hanson for a few days’ vi with Mr. and Mrs. C. Johnson, | left yesterday returning to New: | York City on business. 8 P. M. TUESDAY, FEB. 7 | SSS Key | Red | West, 35 tons of freight, one auto-} +Los Angeles ; Louisville ;Miami __ | Mpls.-St. P. |New Orleans |New. York 40 74 16 56 rh cy a er snwo nib ‘ 54 | "At a meeting,tonight with scout-| .. 34 | masters of; thes<Boy. Scout troops} - 40 lin the city and. with the district 26 |committeem&n, plans for the ob-; 50 . |servance of National Boy Scout) 40 | Week in Key West, February} 64 8-14, will be laid. —--18 | All Knights of Pythias and | :, Pythian Sisters are requested to} Sha man eet | ‘GLADIOLI AS jattend the entertainment tonight $1 Doz. 50c Bun. |2t the ball, (728 Fleming street). | | Visiting Pythians are especially | | STRUNK FLOWERS invited. | 1211 Catherine St. Phone 597 : Pensacola | Pittsburgh (St. Louis Salt Lake City !San Francsico | Seattle | Tampa | Washington | Williston J. WINFIELD RUSSELL, ‘feb6-1t K. of R. & S.! LL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR...PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET--PHONE 124 mittee’s attitude, it is felt that any testimony now on the Hep ! bum geport will be without par | ticular force if the committee calls on the Navy to make a new study of the southeast and recom- mend. other sites. Fred Marvil’s CABANA OPENING TODAY! 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